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1 online resource (xxii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
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Shipwreck narratives in early American literature -- Women and children first -- Women and middle passage -- Englishwomen and U.S. shipwreck narratives -- Cross-dressed female seafarers in early American popular literature |
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At a crucial time in American history, narratives of women in command or imperiled at sea contributed to the construction of a national rhetoric. Robin Miskolcze makes her case by way of careful readings of images of women at sea before the Civil War in her book Women and Children First. Though the sea has traditionally been interpreted as the province of men, women have gone to sea as mothers, wives, figureheads, and slaves. In fact, in the nineteenth century, women at sea contributed to the formation of an ethics of survival that helped to define American ideals. This study examines, often for the first time, images of women at sea in antebellum narratives ranging from novels and sermons to newspaper accounts and lithographs |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Women and the sea -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Seafaring life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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TRAVEL -- Cruises.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Seafaring life
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Social conditions
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Women and the sea
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women -- Social life and customs
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140512
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United States
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803209879 |
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0803209878 |
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9786611213589 |
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6611213589 |
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